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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma regulates the expression of alveolar macrophage macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2008
Bonfield Tracey L, Thomassen Mary Jane, Farver Carol F, Abraham Susamma, Koloze Mary T, Zhang Xia, Mosser David M, Culver Daniel A
Abstract excerpt
Macrophage CSF (M-CSF) regulates monocyte differentiation, activation, and foam cell formation. We have observed that it is elevated in human pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and in the GM-CSF knockout mouse, a murine model for PAP. A potential regulator of M-CSF, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma), is severely deficient in both human PAP and the GM-CSF knockout mouse. To investigate...
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